China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Eileen Gu defends China’s internet freedom. Her message is censored.
Protocol, February 10, 2022

彭博预测：也许中国永远不会成为全球最大经济体(Bloomberg: China may never become the world's biggest economy)
Radio France Internationale, February 11, 2022

Related:
When Will China Be the World’s Biggest Economy? Maybe Never
Bloomberg, February 11, 2022

研究报告：中国对撒哈拉以南非洲地区的贷款比西方国家加起来的总额还多(Report: China loans more to sub-Saharan Africa than to Western countries combined)
Voice of America, February 11, 2022

Related:
Stuck Near Ten Billion: Public-Private Infrastructure Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Center for Global Development, February 9, 2022

澳情报部门阻止中方透过商人资助选举候选人(Australian intelligence blocks China from sponsoring election candidates through businessmen)
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2022

加拿大支持欧盟WTO诉讼案 立陶宛：中国牛肉禁令影响有限(Canada backs EU’s lawsuit at WTO; Lithuania: China’s beef ban has limited impact)
Deutsche Welle, February 11, 2022

加入西方民主阵营 索马里兰打抗中友台牌以扩大国际承认(Joining Western democracy camp, Somaliland plays the Taiwan card against China to expand international recognition)
Voice of America, February 11, 2022

America’s Chinese Tech Conundrum
美国的中国技术难题
The New York Times, February 11, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Hong Kong democracy and media freedom has ‘entered endgame’
The Guardian, February 10, 2022

Related:
Lights Out: Is this the End of Press Freedom in Hong Kong?
International Federation of Journalists, February 10, 2022

Hong Kong prosecutors slap 3 Apple Daily-affiliated firms with colonial-era sedition charge
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2022

Hong Kong’s defunct Tiananmen vigil group remains unrepresented in national security case
Hong Kong Free Press, February 10, 2022

廉署起訴一男涉網上煽惑他人立法會選舉投無效票(Independent Commission Against Corruption charges man with allegedly inciting others to cast invalid votes in 2021 LegCo election)
Ming Pao, February 11, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China’s family planning agency says it will ‘intervene’ in abortions for unmarried women, teens
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2022

Foreign Judges Are Enabling Hong Kong’s Legal Crackdown
The Diplomat, February 11, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

As the Olympics heat up, China clamps down on dissent
CNN, February 11, 2022

What the Beijing Olympics Reveal About China
The New Yorker, February 10, 2022

By More Than 3-1, Americans Agree with US Diplomatic Boycott of Winter Olympics; 40% Think US Should Have Pulled Athletes Too
Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, February 10, 2022

The good and the bad of China on Olympic show
The Economist, February 12, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

北京冬奥：习近平式的党国意在彰显专制的效力(Beijing Winter Olympics: Xi Jinping-style party-state aims to demonstrate the efficacy of autocracy)
Radio France Internationale, February 10, 2022

徐州八孩母亲案：背后的法律问题和妇女权益保障隐忧(Xuzhou eight-child mother case: Legal issues and hidden concerns over women's rights protection)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2022

时事大家谈：中共要谷爱凌“为党争光” 体育政治真能分开吗？(Commentary: CPC wants Eileen Gu to "win glory for the party"—can sports and politics really be separated?)
Voice of America, February 11, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Will Taiwanese academics be targeted by the Hong Kong National Security Law?
Global Voices, February 10, 2022

‘You’re treated like a spy’: US accused of racial profiling over China Initiative
The Guardian, February 10, 2022

尼泊尔政府报告显示中国侵蚀该国边境地区(Nepalpese gov’t report shows China encroaching on country's borders)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 10, 2022

中国阿根廷联合声明激怒英国 阿根廷加入“一带一路”(China-Argentina joint statement angers Britain; Argentina joins China’s Belt and Road Initiative)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 9, 2022

布林肯抵达澳 四方会谈聚焦中俄联手势力(Blinken arrives in Australia; four-party talks focus on joint threat of China and Russia)
Deutsche Welle, February 10, 2022

China fell far short of promises it made to purchase American goods.
数据显示中国未履行美中贸易协定承诺
The New York Times, February 9, 2022

经济胁迫进一步升级，中国宣布暂停立陶宛牛肉进口(China announces suspension of Lithuanian beef imports in escalated economic coercion)
Voice of America, February 10, 2022

民主指数榜中国名列第148 EIU分析中国挑战(China ranks 148 in EIU’s 2021 Democracy Index; report analyzes the China challenge)
Deutsche Welle, February 10, 2022

Related:
Democracy Index 2021: less than half the world lives in a democracy
Economist Intelligence, February 10, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

US-funded news service to suspend Cantonese op-eds and programmes over ‘dire situation in Hong Kong’
Hong Kong Free Press, February 10, 2022

Hong Kong says criticism of its media crackdown 'erroneous,' 'opinionated'
Radio Free Asia, February 9, 2022

人权观察要求中共当局立即释放健康恶化的西藏僧人(Human Rights Watch calls on Chinese authorities to immediately release Tibetan monk in deteriorating health)
Voice of America, February 10, 2022

Related:
China: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril
Human Rights Watch, February 9, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China tech bosses hail Beijing’s guidance after year of regulatory storm
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2022

Tracking function for Hong Kong’s ‘Leave Home Safe’ app would not be illegal, privacy commissioner tells lawmakers
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2022

Pro-establishment lawmaker Junius Ho says gay marriage related to national security issue and needed to be prevented)
inmediahk.net, February 10, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing Winter Olympics becomes microcosm of world’s rivalries and mistrust
The Washington Post, February 10, 2022

Can China use the Beijing Olympics to ‘sportwash’ its abuses against the Uyghurs? Only if the world remains silent
The Conversation, February 10, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Beijing put on a spectacle at the Olympics opening. But is it getting its message across?
Protocol, February 9, 2022

China’s Anti-Graft Show Is Educational, With Unintended Lessons
权力、金钱和性：反腐纪录片《零容忍》揭露中共不堪家丑
The New York Times, February 10, 2022

In the ‘Genocide Olympics,’ Are We All Complicit?
在一场“种族灭绝奥运会”里，我们都是同谋吗？
The New York Times, February 10, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Is the deglobalisation writing on the wall? How China is reversing cultural openness with the West
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Chinese microblogging service Weibo deletes over 41,000 posts for ‘creating trouble’ during Beijing Winter Olympics, asks users to keep calm when commenting on the games
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Hong Kong civil servants will need national security training to pass probation or be promoted, official says
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

中国防疫措施升级 违反防控规定多人被拘留（As China escalates epidemic prevention and control measures, many people are detained in name of violation ）
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2022

大型视频网站审核员过劳猝死引发网络热议（Large video site auditor's sudden death from overwork sparks heated debate on Internet）
Radio Free Asia, February 9, 2022

Related:
B站向猝死员工家属道歉 拟年内扩招千名审核员（Bilibili apologizes to families of employees who died suddenly, plans to recruit thousands of content moderators within year）
Caixin, February 9, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

21 nations condemn Hong Kong press freedom crackdown and closure of news outlets
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

Related:
Media Freedom Coalition Statement on Closure of Media Outlets in Hong Kong
U.S. Department of State, February 8, 2022

回應媒體自由聯盟　中國駐英使館：國安法下香港新聞自由獲更好保障(Chinese embassy in UK responds to Media Freedom Coalition statement: Hong Kong’s press freedom is better protected under National Security Law)
Ming Pao, February 9, 2022

Security law: Hong Kong court again adjourns hearing on legal disputes in 47 democrats’ subversion case
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2022

Hong Kong protests: former student leader detained ahead of sentencing on charges of resisting arrest, perverting justice
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

The Chinese Legislature’s Hidden Agenda
The Diplomat, February 9, 2022

Excerpt:
“For about a decade, China’s national legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), made real improvements to its transparency. . . . In the past two years, however, the legislature has appeared increasingly tempted to embrace the secrecy afforded by the Great Hall of the People. It has been withholding legislative drafts at a greater frequency – five in 2020-2021 alone versus five total during 2015-2019. It has also started to hide certain bills on its legislative agenda from the public until shortly before or, worse, until after their adoption. This practice not only departs from the legislature’s transparency norm, but is also at odds with the party-state’s legal reform agenda and recent official rhetoric on China’s political system.”

Current Topics (热门话题)

Bearing an Olympic Torch, and a Politically Loaded Message
团结象征还是粉饰镇压？争议旋涡中的维吾尔火炬手
The New York Times, February 8, 2022

China’s dismal human rights record casts a shadow over the Winter Olympics

PBS Newshour, February 8, 2022

Beijing sells troubled Xinjiang as a winter sports paradise
Agence France-Presse, February 9, 2022

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's interview leaves unanswered questions
Deustche Welle, February 8, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril
Human Rights Watch, February 9, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

Australia denied access to dual citizen detained for alleged ‘subversion’ in Hong Kong
The Guardian, February 8, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Chinese free speech advocate takes aim at Tencent over WeChat account shutdown
South China Morning Post, February 7, 2022

Hong Kong CityU students’ union told to vacate university premises after failing to submit audited financial records
Hong Kong Free Press, February 8, 2022

美銀律師襲警罪上訴駁回　即時服刑(Court rejects appeal by American lawyer Samuel Phillip Bickett against his conviction of assaulting a police)
Ming Pao, February 8, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

US adds 33 Chinese companies to red flag list, unseals Hytera indictment
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2022

鄧炳強稱就23條本地立法擬5月到立會開展諮詢(Secretary for Security Chris Tang says Article 23 legislation consultation will commence in LegCo in May)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 8, 2022

42万条意见，妇女权益保障法“大修”掀起讨论风暴 | 深度报道（Women's Rights Protection Law overhaul sets off a storm of discussion with 420,000 comments| In-depth report）
Beijing Youth Daily, February 7, 2022

农妇赵刘枝获无罪后申请复议 不服27万元国家赔偿（After acquittal, farmer Zhao Liuzhi appeals RMB 270,000 state compensation）
Caixin, February 8, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Beijing’s mixing of geopolitics and the Olympics comes at a cost
Financial Times, February 8, 2022

Chinese media isn’t covering Peng Shuai’s dinner with the IOC in Beijing
Quartz, February 7, 2022

遠方的哭聲：從八孩母親到被遺忘的農村女性精神障礙患者（Cries from afar: From mother of 8 to forgotten rural women with mental illness）
The Initium, February 8, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

UN’s Guterres says he expects China to let rights chief pay ‘credible’ visit to Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, February 6, 2022

WHO chief discusses collaboration on COVID origins with China
Al Jazeera, February 5, 2022

Wall Street Journal is hit by cyberattack that security expert links to China
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2022

China's Tencent restores Fight Club ending after backlash
BBC News, February 7, 2022

As the U.S. Pulls Back From the Mideast, China Leans In
美国逐渐抽身之际，中国积极介入中东
The New York Times, February 7, 2022

李文亮逝世二周年：调查揭示中国审查系统控制舆论的三大手段(2nd anniversary of death of coronavirus whistleblower Li Wenliang: Survey reveals 3 key ways China's censorship system controls public opinion)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 7, 2022